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Posted 20 December 2020
Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 17"FHD IPS, i3-1005G1, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Laptop - £359.99 with code at Lenovo
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Nice specs laptop on sale at Lenovo. Credit to @spinach_pie for his earlier post here
- Processor
10th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1 Processor (2 Cores / 4 Threads, 1.20 GHz, up to 3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 MB Cache) - Operating System
Windows 10 Home in S Mode - Display Type
17.3" FHD (1920x1080) IPS 300nits Anti-glare - Memory
4 GB Soldered DDR4 2666MHz + 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 2666MHz - Storage
256 GB M.2 2242 SSD - Warranty1 Year Depot
- AC Adapter65W
- Graphics
Integrated Intel® UHD Graphics - Battery
3 cell, 42Wh, 7.4 hours - Camera720p HD Camera with PrivacyShutter
- KeyboardNon-Backlit, English (UK)
- Pointing DeviceClickPad
- Wireless
Lenovo Wireless (2x2 AX) & Bluetooth® 5.0
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Edited by Tacavas, 20 December 2020
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sorted byOMG I just aged myself 10 years!!! I'm 53 not 63. Just goes to show you I definitely need a bigger phone screen let alone a bigger laptop screen
Okay I've ordered one as if she eventually thinks it's to big when going to university ( next September) then will get her a smaller one and I will use the 17inch one. I'm 63 and my eye sight is only going to get worse so bigger screens are going to be needed lol.
Okay as jkl47 only able to use the 10% new customer discount bringing it down to £341.99
But went through TCB just in case the 4.25% tracks and have paid using American express so will definitely get 1% back as well. So definitely got it down to £338.58 and might even get it down to £326.47 if TCB plays ball. Thanks everyone for posting the deal and being so helpful in your replies.
You need to get her Apple macbook pro if she is in uni. Remember if you are in uni laptop is not just for typing essays and dissertations but its also a fashion accesory where you will be judge rigourously. (edited)
If it is mostly desk based then it will probably be fine.
Note it is "Windows 10 Home in S Mode" and "S mode" is an unusual "limited" version of Windows though you can easily convert it to "normal" Windows.
More on "S mode" here:
support.microsoft.com/en-…c85
It seems it is wi fi only so you cant plug in an ethernet cable. I know this is getting more common on laptops but you will get a slower internet speed over wi fi than if you are plugged in to an ethernet cable.
Note your daughters university may have a deal for reduced price laptops. (edited)
usb ethernet adaptor will solve that
Grow up!!!! What a stupid comment. Not sure about you but I'm in my early fifties and am comfortable enough financially to have retired already. But even I wouldn't waste my money on a very over priced Apple product. Maybe because I'm financially savvy......
At the end of the day it's just a flipping laptop!!!!
Absolutely good enough.
Processor: Anything with core i3 (up to core i7 or i9) will cover general use.
RAM: Ability to multitask. 8gb is the sweetspot. 4gb is ok for general use and acceptable if you have a good deal. 16gb or over needs to be justified (Photo/video editiing, graphic design etc)
Memory: As long as it is SSD don't worry about the amount. 128gb or over is fine (Chromebooks have less but that's a different story)
Screen resolution: 1920x1080 is sort of what we are used to looking at. 1366 is a step down but acceptable.
Screen size: 13.3" and 14" are probably the most fashionable screen sizes and fit nicely and neatly into many bags. The step up to 15.6" is great for opening split screens etc and imo it's the best (bringing laptop from place to place you can comfortably open a document one one side of the screen and write your assignment on the other).
As someone else pointed out, 17.3" screen uses more battery and is a little heavier. Won't fit into as many bags so potentially a bit more cumbersome to carry around. The extra screen space has advantages though.
This laptop or anything like it would make an excellent present so I'm sure they will be delighted with anything you get.
As shane.allen says, this is running Windows Home S which is locked down to only allow apps from the Microsoft Store to be installed and you are forced to use Microsoft Edge browser. Further, you have no option to run PowerShell, get into Windows Registry or even run a Command Prompt. There are positives though: S Mode takes up about 5GB whereas a full Windows install is around 20GB (depending on the edition - Pro being more beefy), so you get more of that 256GB SSD to yourself with S Mode. Also, due to its smaller size, S Mode is likely to start faster too as the machine doesn't have to load 'Full' Windows.
There's more info on S Mode at the link below and how to switch out of it. Be aware though, you can't go back to S Mode once you've switched it off. That being the case, you might want to keep the machine on S Mode for a while in case you need to return it for some reason (as it won't have the factory default OS). However, the link below mentions creating a restore USB which should allow you to get the machine back to S Mode in theory but I don't know. You'll need a machine that is running of course to be able to reinstall/run the restore.
online-tech-tips.com/win…ws/ (edited)
All I note is bickering about devices nothing to do with this Lenovo, arguments about retirement age being coloured with illegality (wth - seriously??), and how good / bad / expensive Rolex and Apple products are.
Get a grip all you keyboard warrior "bad Boyz"...this is a deals forum. Join a debate society or stand on your soapbox at speakers corner.
Op - my apologies for having a rant. Would be interested in opinions about the laptop
Yeah I wanted to come back and read this thread too and was surprised how off topic it has become.
Anyway I ordered this for my Mum as she has had a 17" Dell laptop that I bought her for £250 back in 2012 which is now completely buggered. I was prepared to pay £600 this time and wanted a 17" i5 with SSD. However, this deal has saved me a load of money even though I slightly sacrificed the CPU.
Thanks OP!
Sure is! Bare in mind that it's the 17" display so the battery life would be around 5 hours.
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Voted 🔥 . Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
PS: Would the code stack with 10% subscription to lenovo? (edited)
Faulty hard drive issue? :/
Newsletter discount will not stack on top of the student beans discounted price.
Spoke to my daughter and she has used the student discount and we ordered it at £323.99 plus my 1 % American express cashback means it's costing just over £320 😁 and have cancelled my original order which was £338 Inc American express cashback.
Apples marketing in one go there
We make crap stuff but it looks good
Or just buy a windows laptop and be safe? My auntie worked at a totally Google centric business but they ended up having to buy excel for all their analytical team. Even excel isn’t fit for some work as we saw with the data size limitations for Covid. I own a Chromebook Pixel so you’ll not find me disagreeing that they are great. In all honesty though I don’t think any university student should consider one. (edited)
hotukdeals.com/dea…485
Hoping that buying with Lenovo will stand a better chance that they will actually 'deliver' and reviews of actual machine are extremely positive ! Heat !
Apparently the guy I spoke too has requested it to be redelivered. He said I should hear in the next 72 hours. If it wasn't such a good deal I would have told them not to bother, but I am prepared to wait!
Thanks for the reply, I've been out of the computer buying market for a good few years so not sure what's what the moment. So I'm guessing that this is a really good price as well?
Just waiting on my new customer email sign up email to arrive to see if I can stack the 10% on the 359.99 to bring it down to £324 ??? Will let you know if it can be done.
No as it would need more processing power, more storage and the display has poor colour reproduction.
Yeah it tends to be the case with a lot of them unfortunately, not always just the cheaper ones too.
It's 8gb isn't it? :/
Yes I totally understand what your saying. But as I have said she can use it from now until she goes to university next September. So great size like a desktop computer screen and if she decides not to want such s big screen then I will take it over as mine and get her a smaller more compact one and justify spending the money by not having to spend on getting myself an upgrade on my 12 year old laptop that needs coal putting into it to get it started
Good luck trying to get Lenovo to do something that. My laptop wasn't working properly even after following all their steps, so they suggested reinstalling Windows from a disc. Which they wanted me to pay for !
Advance macros for data analysis or even accounting in google docs? Reference management integration with referencing tools like mendeley? I’ve been a chrome book user from the very first one launched in the UK but it’s very poor advice to tell people they are viable alternatives for university. Even the online version of office (or iPad and Android version) is massively limited. I actually tried as an experiment to use iPad only, then chrome book only, and then Linux only, and lasted only for a few weeks. Everyone I know at university who thought the same regrets it pretty quickly. Sometimes it’s not even individual usage but when you’re sharing the information. It’s ok when everyone is using google docs, but the moment someone edits a complex document in that (made in word) on a group project all hell breaks out. (edited)
Don't let lack of ethernet put anyone off. I use a usb ethernet adaptor...you can pick one up for less than a tenner :-)
Also anyone who actually needs Ethernet shouldn’t be buying this laptop
I’m not an excel expert. Key would be a hyper threaded CPU and at least 16GB or RAM. Ideally with the option to upgrade that so not soldered on. Or 32GB RAM. I got my auntie who does use large data the ideapad 5 with the ryzen 5 4600H when they were on offer on here and the codes stacked. Also I’d recommend looking for at least a 1080p screen (or probably 1440p at over 15 inch) and always matte (so avoid touch screens as very few are matte). (edited)
Try downloading a utility from the drive manufacturer so you need to find out if it is a Seagate or Toshiba or western digital etc.
I would also buy a spare hard drive and drive caddy and make a complete drive backup. There are some good free programs (I have used Macrium Reflect Free) out there for this (or get someone to do this for you).
I totally agree, Anyone who will be undertaking any studies which which has 'mathematical' content which may require them to use statistical software , simulation etc is best advised to just go windows or mac. Most Uni's will allow / facilitate downloads of some really powerful apps which invariably require either of these to function, you can use virtually but not a great experience and subject to IT dept downtime, internet blips etc, rather than running locally.
Can image if you are doing something which is art , humanities based etc you could possibly get away with Chromebook but even then take something like 'Scrivener' (originally only available on Mac / ios but can get on Windows now) was an absolutely Godsend for doing my dissertations / research project for both a BEng & recently MSc . Also can't overstate state need for a Referencing software package for citations etc ( yes, most have an online component but the local app is usually more powerful / intuitive and integrated!), again usually only available for Windows or Mac.
You can download windows 10 iso for free. There is a great free tool called Rufus to create a bootable USB. You will need another windows machine to do that (I’ve tried rufus on Mac and Linux but never seems to work well) or a windows VM. Windows 10 serial is linked to the bios so unless your motherboard goes it will install and register fine. The one issue I’ve had is when wanted to install pro or education and not home, but if you google it you can add a ei.cfg fill to the sources folder on the USB. I’ll link rufus below. It even allows you to select the windows 10 iso version.
rufus.ie
You can then install the Lenovo software update utility and that will install all the drivers.
Wow!